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Truly Free Film

Why Go DRM-Free? 6 Reasons To Start

We want to make sure you have the best gift in the best form to give all your friends, family, and loved ones this holiday season.  That’s why we put DARK HORSE up in a DRM-free form.  You can order it now right here.  We respect you — and we want you to still love us in the morning after the magic of the first time has gone.  Get up and ride again.  Giddyapp!

It makes me wonder: when will DRM-free be the usual way?  Sure you can get Dark Horse on iTunes or on Amazon but why not order it in a form that you can put on all your devices.  You know you will want to watch it again and again.

Here’s 6 reasons why everyone should release there work DRM-free:

  1. -DRM is a false sense of security.  People that are determined to not pay for your film will find a way, no matter what restrictions you put in place.  
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Truly Free Film

Ask Me Anything: Wed 12/19 at 1PM EST

In celebration of DARK HORSE’s Online VOD (via VHX) release, some of the actors & I are doing a AMA (AskMeAnything) via Reddit on Wed 12/19 at 1PM EST. Please get your questions ready and join in.

We are on the schedule here: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/

The film will be available online at $9.99 starting Wednesday. DRM free. Perfect Holiday gift!

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My Films

Thanks To You, DARK HORSE Is In The Top Ten On iTunes

DARK HORSE cracked iTunes top ten independent films last night. It’s because of you. But only you can get it up…

http://ituneschart.com/itunes-movies-chart/independent-movies/

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My Films

Ride DARK HORSE In The Digital Corral

Todd Solondz’s latest is on digital.  You can watch it on iTunes, VUDU, Amazon Instant, YouTube (Movies), Microsoft Zune, Sony Playstation.

Please do.  I produced it.

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My Films

Todd Solondz’s DARK HORSE Is Also Available On Amazon!!

Yup, yesterday I gave you the good news about iTunes riding in the Solondz rodeo.  Well, that other digital distro entity lassoed us too.  Watch what many find to be Todd’s most accessible film yet tonight:

http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Horse/dp/B009BFZVQS/

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These Are Those Things

Todd Solondz Is In San Francisco To Talk To YOU!

Yes Dark Horse in galloping around the bay this weekend.  And I know you want to know where you can meet our jockey.  Put on your pink polo and bring your action figures.

TODD SOLONDZ IN PERSON: filmmaker Todd Solondz will speak at select opening weekend shows:

Q&A Friday (7/20) at the EMBARCADERO after the  7:35
And an intro prior to 9:40 pm

SATURDAY , 7/21 , at the CAMERA 3 in SAN JOSE ( Q&A AFTER the 3pm only )

SATURDAY , 7/21 , SHATTUCK in BERKELY Q&A after the 5:40pm show and
Intro to the 7:50pm 

SUNDAY , 7/22, the San Rafael Q&A After the 7pm only.      

PLEASE JOIN US!

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DARK HORSE Saddles Up More Some More Love

As we gallop into our 3rd week of release, the critics are still beckoning the audiences to come along for the DARK HORSE ride.  We are happily eating their hay in Providence, RI, Chicago, Long Island, and of course New York City.  If this keeps us I am going to run out of good horse puns…  Check out what the crickets are chirping.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times : “Dark Horse” (3.5 of 4 Stars)

“Abe is the latest in a gallery of walking wounded populating the films of Todd Solondz, who has never met a character he didn’t dislike. And “Dark Horse” is another of his portraits of anguish in suburbia, joining “Welcome to the Dollhouse” and “Happiness.” There are times when it is dark humor, and then times when it is simply dark. But there is something more going on here, something deeper and more … hopeful?”

John Anderson, Newsday: “DARK HORSE Plays Irony Well

“”Are you for real?” Miranda asks Abe, after his proposal has registered. “I mean, you’re not being ironic? Like performance art?” “Dark Horse” is certainly being ironic. Which doesn’t mean it isn’t a fully realized performance — or art, of a rather perverse variety.”

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: “DARK HORSE Director Finds Humanity In Unsympathetic Lead ” (3 of 4 Stars):

“In a compact, wittily humiliating 84 minutes, “Dark Horse” does a smart thing: It transforms from realism into a string of dreamscapes taking place in Abe’s imagination, involving the sex life of his fellow office worker (Donna Murphy, on the money) and other bittersweet fancies.”

Whitney Matheson, Pop Candy, USA Today: “With DARK HORSE, Solondz Issues Another Darkly Comic Tale

” While it’s not the feel-good movie of the year, fans of the director wouldn’t expect such a thing. Solondz, however, does succeed in making thoughtful commentary on the fleeting nature of youth, and our desperate need to be loved.”

You can read more of our early critic love here.

UPDATE Sunday 6/24

Brett Harrison Davinger, California Literary Review: “Dark Horse Is A Contender

“Dark Horse isn’t your typical man-child comedy. It’s something greater, more honest, and significantly more powerful.”

Hollywood Chicago: “Todd Solondz Brilliantly De-Constructs Man-Child Pathology“:

“Dark Horse” brilliantly deconstructs Abe’s “man-child” pathology, exposing the frailties within his good-natured façade and barley concealed rage.”
 

TimeOut Chicago:”4 out of 5 stars

“Dark Horse insists you look past its caricatures and see human beings– it is the director’s tersest, most troubling study of desperation.”